On Wed, Nov 12, 2008 at 5:24 AM, Jesse Aldridge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Perhaps the problem is that these organizations are run by ivory tower > intellectuals I doubt this characterization applies to all. > And do we not have control over society? We have some control, but not total control. In some situations, individuals (leaders) make a huge difference; in others, they get swept along in unstoppable tides. > Have you ever tried to change it? I mean *really* tried? No. I don't see a way to make this project possible. And I like my life as it is. > First, there's always colonizing space, isn't there? Those who want to colonize Mars must explain why colonizing Mars would be easier than colonizing the Gobi Desert. Colonizing space, say at the Lagrangian points between the earth and the moon is intriguing, but far more difficult than solving earth's problems on earth. It would be tragic to ruin the earth on the preposterous assumption that we could easily move somewhere else. Earth is, by far, the most hospitable environment for life anywhere within a light year of us. We ruin earth; we ruin ourselves. > Second, "negative growth in population" sound like one hell of euphemism. :) People do tend to object to any notion that more people might not be a good thing. At the same time, they deny the essential aspects of Malthusian theory. Before you dismiss that theory, you must understand that denying it implies denying Darwinian evolution, and denying Darwin's theory marks one as an intellectual incompetent. The essential point is that growth will *inevitably* run up to limits that will curtail that growth in extremely nasty ways. There is no way to twist around that inconvenient truth. It is clear to me that we humans are already *way* past the point of sustainability. The mass extinction of species caused by habitat destruction is proof enough. > I guess the key is somehow obtaining enough evidence and presenting it > in such a way that people cannot effectively dispute it. People effectively dispute the existence of the Holocaust, evolution, global warming, and many other indisputable facts. We've still got bozos who believe abstinence is an effective birth control measure for teenagers. One of them is in the White House, and has, for the last 8 years, limited the world-wide distribution of condoms. Edward --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "leo-editor" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/leo-editor?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
